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Atharva-Veda

[ uh-tahr-vuh-vey-duh, -vee-duh ]

noun

Hinduism.
  1. one of the Samhitas, a collection of mantras and formulas, some showing pre-Vedic influence.


Atharva-Veda

/ əˈɑːəˈɪə /

noun

  1. Hinduism the fourth and latest Veda, largely consisting of priestly spells and incantations
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I will no longer study Yoga-Veda, Atharva-Veda, or asceticism, or any other teachings.

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Moreover, the purely ritual texts, which stand to the hymns in the same relation that the Atharva-Veda stands to the Ṛig-Veda, have as yet been but little examined.

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Noteworthy is also the use of the for unity in the Śāradā characters of the Kashmirian Atharva-Veda, the writing being at least 400 years old.

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That the meaning of sîlamâvatî was forgotten at an early time we see by the Atharva-Veda III.

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The Zend-Avesta or sacred book of the Pārsis does not mention the fire priests under the name of Magi, but calls them Athravan, the same word as the Sanskrit Atharva-Veda.

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